[A.N. hi. Sorry this took so long but I had writers block and the story just didn't want to flow. This story may take longer to be finished as I only write it when the inspiration hits. I apologize to all of you who have been waiting patiently for this chapter, thank you for being so patient.
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Anonarien ~ Snape happens to be one of my favorite characters. It is also the reason why I wanted him as friends with Rose and Ana. I'm glad tat I surprised you with the prank war. Hope you continue to enjoy this fic
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Disclaimer: The characters of Estelle, Rosaline, and Anastasia Kou Cosmos, in addition to Kiara Braeden are my own creation. Everything else belongs to J.K. Rowling.
Chapter 3 – Retaliation and Being a Kid AgainFor the most part the rest of the day passed by quietly. Rose, Ana, and Kiara proved beyond a doubt that their class work would not suffer due to the Prank War. True to their word, none of the Heaven's pulled a major prank until after the Marauder's had pulled their prank on them. That retaliation did not come until a week after the opening feast.
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Rose walked into the Great Hall with Sev and Kiara at her side. As she walked towards the Slytherin table she felt a brush of magic over her body. Rose easily pushed the spell away and from Kiara's snort, she knew that Kiara had to. However Sev's shout brought her attention to him. Sev looked as if someone had attempted to transfigure him into a kitten and the spell had failed halfway through. Sev sported a pair of cat ears, paws and a tail.
"I think that we're going to have to teach you and Lily some shield spells Sev," Rose told him as she tried unsuccessfully to keep a smile off her face. "I think that this can be counted as a successful prank. Now hold still Sev and I'll reverse it," Rose told him as she placed her hands on Sev's shoulders. A flash of silver light appeared and when it was gone, there stood Rose with a black kitten at her feet. Rose knelt down next the kitten and gathered it up into her arms.
"You make a cute kitten Sev," Rose said as she patted the kitten before placing it back on the ground. Rose placed her right hand over the kitten and the palm of it slowly began to glow with a silver light. The kitten began to glow the same colour and Rose removed her hand from over the kitten. She stood up, backed up a step, and snapped her fingers. A burst of silver light filled the hall. When it was gone there stood Severus with a scowl on his face as he looked at Rose, who smirked at him.
"10 points to Hogwarts," Rose called out to the hall as she took her seat at the Slytherin table, Kiara at her side. The rest of breakfast was fairly uneventful and the pranksters headed off to their classes. Each one wondering the same thing, 'How should we retaliate?'
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Ana and Lily joined Rose, Kiara, and Severus at the end of the Slytherin table at lunch that day. They began making plans for their next prank. Only Lucious Malfoy had been foolish enough to comment on the Griffindor students sitting at the Slytherin table. He was currently sporting green hair, pink robes, and a pair of blue kitten ears, with a matching tail. The ensemble earned the Heaven's a point for a prank and had the added bonus of being left alone by the rest of the Slytherins. By the time lunch was over plans had been made for 3 pranks. Plans had also been made to teach Lily and Sev the shield spell, so that minor charms and hexes would be ineffective against them. The rest of the day passed by normally and the Heaven's made no effort in the way of retaliation. The Marauder's went to bed that night with no clue of the chaos their lives would be in tomorrow.
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Ana and Lily awoke early the next morning, filled with anticipation. They dressed quickly and made their way down to the common room. They sat in front of the fire and read. Half an hour later the 5th year boys finally came down the stairs, none of them aware of the change they had undergone overnight. Ana and Lily smiled as the Marauder's made their way past them and when they had exited the room burst out in laughter.
"I thought that I would never again see them like that. At least they can't tease me about being shorter than them anymore," Lily gasped as she tried to control her laughter.
"Come on the illusion should drop shortly after they enter the Great Hall and we don't want to miss it," Ana told her as she gained control of her laughter. The two ran towards the Great Hall, quickly catching up with and passing by the Marauder's. The two entered the hall and quickly made their way over to the Slytherin table. They sat down opposite of Kiara, Rose and Severus. Rose at the Griffindor duo, before raising an eyebrow at them and asking, "Well, did you do it?"
This question caused Lily and Ana to look at each other before bursting out into giggles again. Ana nodded at Rose, before once more she began to laugh. All five turned to face the doors of the Great Hall and waited for the Marauder's to show up. They arrived moments later and headed straight towards their seats at the Griffindor table. With every step they took they appeared to shrink a little bit. Halfway to their spots they were the size of an 11 year-old. When they finally reached their seats not one of them was taller than an6 year-old. Sirius was the first to notice that the 4 of them were shorter than their classmates. His shout however, quickly brought the attention of the other three to their predicament. The Heaven's rose from their seats at the Slytherin table and walked over to where the quartet was standing. Rose and Ana conjured plastic booster seats for all 4 of them and handed them to the Marauder's.
"Here you might need this," Lily said as she handed one of the seats to James, while fighting a smile.
"What is it?" James asked refusing to take hold of it.
"It is an invention muggles have created to allow their children to sit at the table without the use of a highchair," Ana replied, fighting to keep a smirk off her face.
"Good morning Ms. Kou, how are you … good heavens what happened here?" Professor Dumbledore asked as he walked up to the group gathered in the middle of the hall. He looked at Rose in shock as he noticed that half the group was 6 years old again.
"Age reversal spell," Kiara responded, a smile on her lips.
"It de-ages their bodies but leaves the mind intact," Ana informed the headmaster.
"So even though physically their only 6 they can still attend classes, however they might need a nap this afternoon," Rose told the headmaster as she looked him in the eye. Rose then shoved on of the booster seats into Peter's hands. "There, you'll need that to attend your classes, Wormtail. If you sit down at a desk in any classroom right now you wouldn't be able to see of the top. We have potions today and I really don't want to get blown up just because you couldn't see what you were doing," Rose told the Marauder's as Lily, Ana, and Kiara followed her example and shoved the booster seats they held into the hands of the other three Marauder's.
"Good day Professor. If you'll excuse us we have to go get ready for class," Ana informed the headmaster before the five friends headed for the doors of the Great Hall. Just before she exited the Great Hall Rose called out, "4 points to the Heaven's." James Potter spun to face the headmaster.
"Professor they can't do this, its got to be against the rules or something. They can't leave us like this, what about our classes?" James shouted at the headmaster.
"Yes, what about our classes professor, we can't attend them like this, it would be to dangerous," Remus told the headmaster. The small boy who looked extremely frail as a teenager looked as if he could be knocked over by a strong breeze as a child.
"You agreed to the prank war Mr. Potter, and to accept any pranks that where pulled against you. That they choose to change you back into children is of no bearing. It may be embarrassing for you, but it can be dealt with. As for your classes being dangerous Mr. Lupin, unless I am mistaken, those seats that they shoved into your hands before they left the hall have shield and protection charms on them. As long as you stay in your seat you will be protected from the dangers of your classes. Upon exiting your seats the shield charms will last until you are once more seated in them. If you can find some way of reversing the charm they cast on you to change you back into children, you are to be commended for your abilities. Now as Ms. Cosmos has so informed me, classes do start soon. You would do well gentlemen to start heading towards your first class. The fact that you are now smaller is no excuse to be late for class," the Headmaster told the Marauder's before walking up to the head table and taking his seat.
"But," Sirius began to complain before being interrupted.
"Don't bother Padfoot," James told him. "Come on, we've got Herbology first. We can work out a way to get them back later." James turned and stormed out of the Great Hall. The other Marauder's following slowly behind him.
[A.N. once again sorry of taking so long to get this out. The next chapter will take even longer to get out as I've barely begun to write it. My deepest thanks out to all of my patient readers. I will try to get the next chapter out sometime before March Break if not during. Chapters for PoS will come out faster as I have more chapters that are already written out. I had hit a writer's block with redemption and have only just recently gotten over it. I will try my hardest to get more chapters of redemption out but I can't promise anything. RotS while fun to write just doesn't seem to want to flow onto the page the same way PoS does.
I need ideas for pranks so if you have any ideas for pranks the Marauder's or the Heaven's could pull on each other let me know in your review, I will more than likely use them, I never pull pranks, my brother calls me a "goodie-goodie".
He's right for the most part thought.
Till next chapter,
Silver Tenshi]
[Posted on: December 2, 2002]